Presence and metabolism of endogenous androgenic-anabolic steroid hormones in meat-producing animals: A review

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-671

  Scarth, J ^a   Akre, C ^b   van Ginkel, L ^c   le Bizec, B ^d   de Brabander, H ^e   Korth, W ^f   Points, J ^g   Teale, P ^a   Kay, J ^h  

^a Quotient Bioresearch Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Waters Corporation   (France)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^g LGC   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Bovine; Endogenous; Food; Meat; Metabolism; Natural; Ovine; Porcine; Steroids

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA HYDROXY ESTR 4 EN 3 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA ESTRAN 17 ONE; 5ALPHA ESTRANE 3,17 DIONE; 5ALPHA ESTRANE 3BETA,17ALPHA DIOL; ANDROGEN; BOLDENONE; ESTR 4 ENE 3,17 DIONE; ESTRANE DERIVATIVE; NANDROLONE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOOD STORAGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORSE; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CAPRA; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; OVIS; SUS;

EID: 70749129213     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802627160     Document Type: Article

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